Improvement in stove-pipe thimbles



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JAMES D. PIERCE, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JOHNB. SMITH, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 112,178, dated February 28, 1871'.

IMPROVEMENT IN STOVE-PIPE T-HIMBLES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

I, JAMES D. PIERCE, of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, in theState. of Wisconsin, have invented certain Improvements in Stove-PipeThimbles and Covers, of which the following is a. specification.

Nature and Object of the Invention.

Description of the I Drawtng forming Part of this Specification. Figure1 is a. sectional view of my stove-pipe thinlble and cover.

General Description.

A is the outer head, with a groove for the outside band to rest in, andforming aridge on the outside to prevent dirt and rubbish being sweptinto the holes between the two bands.

B, inner head, with a, similar groove as -A.

O O, grooves or indentations for the bands to rest 1n.

D, cover to close up the stove-pipe thimble when the stove-pipe is notin place. I

E E, buttons in the cover. The inner end of these buttons have anoffset, which, when they are turned in the air-holes, catch under thehead and hold the cover securely in place. F, lugs on the inside of thehead. G, air-holes through the heads. H, outer band. I, inner band.

Claims.

I claim as my invention.- 1. A stove-pipe thimble-head, with groove orindentation O in it for the outside band to rest in, substantially asdescribed.

2; A thimble-head Aor B, with groove 0, in combination with cover D,.with buttons E E to hold it in place, substantially as described.

JAMES D. PIERCE.

Witnesses:

W. M. HORNOR, J. B. SMITH.

